Amendment No. 70

 

Assembly Amendment to Assembly Bill No. 16                                                                  (BDR 14‑200)

Proposed by: Committee on Judiciary

Amendment Box:

Resolves Conflicts with: N/A

Amends:         Summary:               Title:              Preamble:               Joint Sponsorship:

 

ASSEMBLY ACTION              Initial and Date              |SENATE ACTION                        Initial and Date

       Adopted       Lost                                               |          Adopted       Lost                                           

Concurred In                     Not                                                        |Concurred In  Not                                 

       Receded        Not                                               |         Receded        Not                                           

 

     Amend sec. 2, page 2, line 17, after “of” by inserting “all”.

     Amend sec. 2, page 2, line 18, after “State” by inserting:

, an investigating agency and the court”.

     Amend sec. 2, page 2, by deleting lines 23 and 24 and inserting:

     “5.  The court shall hold a hearing on a petition filed pursuant to this section.”.

     Amend sec. 2, page 2, line 27, by deleting “probability” and inserting “possibility”.

     Amend sec. 2, page 2, by deleting lines 31 through 33 and inserting:

     “(b) The evidence to be analyzed exists; and”.

     Amend sec. 2, page 3, by deleting lines 4 through 8 and inserting:

subdivisions, when possible; and

          (2) Satisfy the standards for quality assurance that are established for forensic laboratories by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.”.

     Amend sec. 2, page 3, by deleting lines 37 through 39 and inserting:

     “(a) Submission of a biological specimen by him to determine his genetic marker information; and”.

     Amend sec. 2, page 4, between lines 4 and 5, by inserting:

     “13.  The remedy provided by this section is in addition to, is not a substitute for and is not exclusive of any other remedy, right of action or proceeding available to a person convicted of a crime and under sentence of death.”.

     Amend the bill as a whole by deleting sec. 5 and renumbering sections 6 and 7 as sections 5 and 6.

     Amend the title of the bill, sixth line, by deleting:

“making an appropriation;”.